Elijah E. Cummings, a Democratic congressman from Maryland who gained national attention for his principled stands on politically charged issues in the House, his calming effect on anti-police riots in Baltimore, and his forceful opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump, died early Thursday morning at Gilchrist Hospice Care, a Johns Hopkins affiliate in Baltimore. […]
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The racial pessimism of Clarence Thomas | Vox
Corey Robin on Thomas’s black nationalism and why more people should understand it.
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Ilhan Omar: It Is Not Enough to Condemn Trump’s Racism | The New York Times
The nation’s ideals are under attack, and it is up to all of us to defend them.
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Biden plummets, Harris vaults to second in major poll | Politico
The California senator slid into second place in a new national poll from CNN, with Joe Biden still leading.
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Upper Marlboro, Maryland’s 1st Black Mayor Resigns Amidst Racist Bullying | Essence
Mayor Tonga Turner insisted she wasn’t resigning because of the racist bullying, with her spokesperson saying she wanted more time with family.
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Obamas jump into booming podcast business with Spotify partnership | Reuters
Jill Serjeant, Reuters Women working at sewing machines in factory. Pic credit: Sleek Garments Export Ltd. Featured Image [dropcap]LOS[/dropcap] ANGELES (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle entered the booming podcast business on Thursday, announcing a multi-year partnership with streaming service Spotify to produce a series of exclusive podcasts. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]
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Activists say new Tennessee law aims to suppress African American votes | The Guardian
Khushbu Shah, The Guardian The Equity Alliance registered nearly 100,000 black voters in Tennessee during the midterm elections in 2018. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]Tequila[/dropcap] Johnson lists off laundromats, nightclubs and churches. Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across […]
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A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR
Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States. In 1904, George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — […]
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian
Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary
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Kamala Harris’s Long-Shot Bid to Fix School Funding | The Atlantic
The senator and presidential candidate says America needs to reform how it funds schools, but the details of any alternative approach are scant.
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